Buckle-connection



(No Model.)

A. BIESEN. BUCKLE GONNEGTION. No. 445,491. Patented Jan. 27, 1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANTHONY BIESEN, OF MERRILL, IOVA.

BUCKLE-CONNECTION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 445,491, dated January 27, 1891.

Application filed October 23,1890- Serial No. 369,253. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTHONY BIESEN, residing at Merrill, in the county of Plymouth and State of Iowa, have invented a new and usefullmproved Buckle-Connection, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is in the nature of novel means for connecting a buckle to a strap in a simple, strong, and cheap way without the necessity of doubling the strap around the buckle and sewing or riveting it, as usual.

It consists in asingle metal plate of peculiar construction adapted to clamp and hold the strap and firmly unite the same to the buckle, as hereinafter fully described.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a buckle and strap united by my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the metal plate which forms the connection for the buckle and strap, and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the stamped blank from which the fastening plate is subsequently formed.

A represents a strap,aud B a buckle united This plate 0 is made all in one piece of metal,which may be either wrought sheet metal or malleable cast metal. Its middle portion is formed with a hole a, which permits thetongue of the buckle to passthrough,and the ends of the plate on each side of the hole are flattened down or bent parallel to one another and are clamped upon opposite sides of the strap. The two sections of the plate are provided with sharp triangular spurs b, which are stamped out of thebody of the metal and turned inward,leaving holes in the plate. In the two sections of the plate are three holes 0, placed in position to correspond with the spurs, and through which the spurs after going through the strap are clinched. To prevent the ends of the spurs after being clinched from catchinginto objects or being bent up again, there is beside each one of the holes 0 a small raised cap-like dent or projection 0', formed in the metal of the plate and constituting a socket, into the open side of which the ends of the spurs are housed and retained, as in Fig. 1. At the corners of the lower section of the plate are upturned points cl d, which become embedded in the leather of the strap and serve to prevent the corners of the plates from becoming turned outwardly and also hold the plate to the strap more firmly against displacement. At the corners of the upper section there are also downturned long clips 6, which are intended to lap around the outside of the strap and have their ends entered into the holes formed by the spurs b b. At the end of the upper section of the plate there is also formed in a single piece with the plate a loop or keeperfto hold the free end of the strap. This keeper is formed by slotting the plate transversely and then bending it up at about right angles, the edges of this portion of the-plate being curled over to prevent leaving any sharp cutting-edges.

This connection for the strap and buckle, it will be seen, is made of a single piece, is cheaply constructed, easily applied, and serves to firmly hold the two parts together. It is especially useful for mending old harness, as the strap does not have to be short ened by being bent over; but the plate is attached directly to the broken end of the strap without doubling it.

It is obvious that the buckle-connection as thus described might also be used for securing a ring or snap-hook to a strap.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The fastening for buckles, consisting of a plate having in one end holes 0, with juxtaposed sockets or caps c, and on the other end spurs b, with ends adapted to be passed through the holes 0 and housed in the sockets c, substantially as shown and described.

2. The plate forconnecting a buckle and strap, having its two ends adapted to be bent parallel and clinched together, and having also formed integral with the plate a loop or keeper for the free end of the strap,substantially as shown and described.

3. The connecting-plate C for buckles and straps, having stamped spurs b at one end,

holes and sockets c c in the other end, and

also keeperf and side clips e, all made in one piece, substantially as shown and described.

ANTHONY BIESEN. Witnesses:

WILLIAM FROs'r, GEORGE DERMLER. 

